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CALGARY, Alberta -- David Perron had nothing to show for his hard work during St. Louis first five games of the season. That changed with a big night against Calgary.Perron had three goals and an assist to lead the Blues to a 6-4 win over the Flames on Saturday night.I feel like Ive played some good hockey, said Perron, who signed with the Blues as a free agent in the offseason. It didnt materialize into points or goals, but tonight it did.Ive got to keep working hard. I was just staying in the moment and concentrating on making sure the next shift was going to be a good one and it was a good one tonight.Paul Stastny, Patrik Berglund and Alexander Steen also scored for the Blues, while defenseman Alex Pietrangelo had two assists. Jake Allen made 23 saves to improve to 3-1-1.Stastny had no doubt that Perron was on the verge of a breakout game.Hes the reason basically we won, but I think more importantly its good for his confidence, said Stastny, who scored his third goal of the season in the second period. As a team, we saw it coming for the last couple games, which is good.Kris Versteeg scored his first two goals of the season for the Flames, who lost their second straight at home. Micheal Ferland and Mark Giordano also scored, while Chad Johnson stopped 34 shots.Were working hard, were just not working smart if were going to be blatantly honest, Versteeg said. Were going to have to be better next game. Its about puck management for us. Were a growing team, learning new things. But, were going to get better.Flames coach Glen Gulutzan didnt have any complaints about Johnsons play.I thought he gave us a chance and made some saves, Gulutzan said. We hung him out to dry, pretty simple.Calgary took a 2-1 just 3 minutes into the second thanks to two quick goals by Versteeg and Ferland.The Blues then scored the next four goals, including two by Perron, to take control.Perron tied it as he flipped his own rebound up and over Johnsons pad at 6:22. Stastny put St. Louis back ahead with just under eight minutes to go in the period during another power play when he tipped Steens slap shot past Johnson.Berglund was the beneficiary of a nice setup by Nail Yakupov for an easy tap-in goal with 1:44 left in the second.Perron then finished off his hat trick at 6:50 of the third when he took a breakaway pass from Vladimir Tarasenko and made a couple quick moves before lifting a backhand shot over Johnsons right pad to make it 5-2.Giordano fired a slap shot from the high slot past Allen at 9:31 of the third before Versteegs point shot through traffic got past the St. Louis goalie with just under five minutes to go to pull the Flames within one.Steen then scored into an empty net with 39 seconds left to seal the victory.Allen had to be sharp to get a shoulder on a point shot fired his way by defenseman Deryk Engelland early in the game. At the other end of the ice, Johnson stood his ground to stop a puck that was redirected on net by Kyle Brodziak.Perron opened the scoring for St. Louis at 6:04 of the first period with a power-play goal when he tapped a nice pass from Robby Fabbri past Johnson.Versteeg converted a feed from Troy Brouwer at 2:21 of the second to tie the score. Ferland backhanded a harmless-looking shot on net 35 seconds later that squeezed under Allens glove and into the net to put the Flames ahead.Game notes Flames D Dennis Wideman returned to the lineup after sitting out the past three games as a healthy scratch and had two assists in his return. ... C Freddie Hamilton made his season debut for the Flames in place of rookie LW Matthew Tkachuk. Freddie, the older brother of D Dougie Hamilton, now has 34 games of NHL experience, five of them with the Flames. Dougie Hamilton has played in 266 NHL games, 88 with the Flames. ... 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We lost them but as a group we have a lot of talent. It is good for me to play with big players and take steps every day. It will be an exciting season for us. We have more training time and we have to use this to become better Divock Origi on Liverpool We are going to do everything to do this and I feel we have the qualities also. It will be an exciting season for us. We have more training time and we have to use this to become better.Origi is currently on international duty with Belgium, preparing for next months Euro 2016 tournament.Belgium go into the tournament as one of the favourites and are blessed with a wealth of attacking talent. Origi will represent Belgium at Euro 2016 Origi will compete to start up front with Liverpool team-mate Christian Benteke, Evertons Romelu Lukaku and Michy Batshuayi of Marseille.ddddddddddddThe 21-year-old revealed he has been spending a lot of time in the gym building up his strength and he believes that has had a big positive impact in his performances of the field. Origi has high hopes for next season A lot of things have happened this year, a lot of good moments and lower moments so Ive gained a lot of experience playing for a big club like Liverpool, Origi said.The Premier League, for me, is the best league in the world, the most intensive league. It was important for me to take this step.Ive been in the gym a lot, working hard. For me it was important to do a lot of bodyweight training because you can be a lot more explosive and quicker and you can be at your best. 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